Berlin
Berlin is given to both girls and boys: 39 girls and 19 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,787 among girls’ names and #5,060 among boys’, #5,093 among all names counting both); 3,431 Americans have been recorded with it since 1899 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,400 Americans named Berlin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (70% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 8 and 28.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Berlin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Berlin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Berlin is “a female given name from German.”
Borrowed from German Berlin.
/bɚˈlɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Berlin?
#3,787 among girls’ names, 2025
Berlin fell from #2,413 in 2015 to #3,787 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 42.6 to 24.3 per million.
102 babies in 2011, the peak
Berlin peaked in 2011, when 102 babies were given it (97 girls, #2,020 among girls’ names). The 58 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 57% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,787 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,860 | 25 | #4,209 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,393 | 24 | #4,356 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,962 | 33 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,965 | 26 | #4,025 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,721 | 30 | #3,581 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,342 | 17 | #5,371 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,715 | 11 | #7,176 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,753 | 9 | #8,229 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,448 | 5 | #12,424 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 76 | #2,413 | 11 | #7,118 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,199 | 5 | #12,312 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,411 | 5 | #12,368 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,519 | 7 | #9,823 |
| 2011 | 97 | #2,020 | 5 | #12,506 |
| 2010 | 90 | #2,171 | 6 | #10,918 |
| 2009 | 84 | #2,319 | 5 | #12,708 |
| 2008 | 75 | #2,518 | 7 | #9,973 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,650 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,706 | 6 | #10,818 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,212 | 7 | #9,229 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,854 | 5 | #11,553 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,839 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,366 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,686 | 7 | #8,422 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,214 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,533 | 7 | #7,945 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,069 | 6 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,658 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,080 | 7 | #7,209 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,242 | 7 | #7,055 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,011 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,222 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,044 | 8 | #6,178 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,511 | 6 | #7,353 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,877 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,863 | 12 | #4,283 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,927 | 6 | #6,504 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,416 | 5 | #7,058 |
| 1986 | under 5 | 6 | #6,000 | |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,424 | 6 | #5,853 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,421 | 5 | #6,336 |
| 1982 | under 5 | 10 | #3,986 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 7 | #5,003 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 5 | #6,141 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 5 | #5,881 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 11 | #3,405 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 8 | #4,042 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 5 | #5,171 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 7 | #4,007 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 8 | #3,692 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 13 | #2,632 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 6 | #3,985 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 5 | #4,189 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 9 | #2,791 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 9 | #2,800 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 6 | #3,569 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 9 | #2,878 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 13 | #2,311 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 10 | #2,679 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 17 | #1,998 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 13 | #2,326 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 11 | #2,544 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 11 | #2,520 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 10 | #2,656 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 9 | #2,811 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 17 | #1,906 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 9 | #2,760 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 7 | #3,164 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 17 | #1,862 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 12 | #2,260 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 14 | #2,035 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 13 | #2,132 | |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,302 | 17 | #1,823 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,365 | 15 | #1,997 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 13 | #2,041 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 13 | #1,936 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 13 | #1,998 | |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,753 | 23 | #1,463 |
| 1942 | under 5 | 21 | #1,539 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 22 | #1,451 | |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,422 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1939 | under 5 | 27 | #1,274 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 22 | #1,443 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 13 | #2,001 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 23 | #1,387 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 24 | #1,393 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 21 | #1,507 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 20 | #1,545 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 20 | #1,593 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 30 | #1,256 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 26 | #1,431 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 25 | #1,447 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 28 | #1,386 | |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,352 | 27 | #1,438 |
| 1926 | under 5 | 38 | #1,162 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 36 | #1,186 | |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,154 | 34 | #1,249 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,681 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,508 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,197 | 42 | #1,089 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,125 | 42 | #1,091 |
| 1919 | under 5 | 37 | #1,141 | |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,049 | 35 | #1,175 |
| 1917 | under 5 | 19 | #1,699 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 42 | #987 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 29 | #1,219 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 27 | #1,103 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 15 | #1,376 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 16 | #1,180 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 6 | #1,552 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 6 | #1,436 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 6 | #1,290 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 5 | #1,062 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Berlin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,431 Americans recorded as Berlin, 52% are girls and 48% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Berlin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Berlin, and how old are they?
2,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 70% of the 3,431 Americans ever recorded as Berlin. The median Berlin alive today is 16 years old; half are between 8 and 28.
The 2020 Census counted 2,210 people named Berlin (1,487 women and girls, 723 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,051 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 74 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 161 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 85 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 251 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 811 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,010 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Berlin born?
The states with the most babies named Berlin are California, Texas and New York, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7 | #2,539 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 5 | #3,371 | 0.3× |
| New York | 5 | #2,142 | 0.0× |
Where Berlin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Berlin is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Berlin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 4,978 babies since 1880, Berlin is the most given (69% of them). In 2025 it was given to 58 of their 89 babies (65%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Berlin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1890-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Arleigh | 1,227 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Berlin and names like it
- Compare Berlin and BerlynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sBerlin peaked in 2011.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Berlin since 1910.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Berlin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2011The year the most babies were named Berlin.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Berlin alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.